lardener

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Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman lardiner, apparently an alteration of larder (larder) after gardiner (gardener).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌlardiˈneːr/, /ˈlardinər/

Noun

lardener (rare)

  1. lardiner (overseer of a larder)
  2. (rare) larder (meat storehouse)
    • c. 1375, “Book V”, in Iohne Barbour, De geſtis bellis et uirtutibus domini Roberti de Brwyß (The Brus, Advocates MS. 19.2.2)‎, Ouchtirmunſye: Iohannes Ramſay, published 1489, folio 17, verso, lines 408-410; republished at Edinburgh: National Library of Scotland, c. 2010:
      Þ[ar]for þe men off þat countꝛe / ffor ſwa fele þar mellit wer / Callit it þe Dowglas laꝛdner
      So people from that region, / because so many were jumbled there, / called it "the Douglas larder".

Descendants

  • English: lardiner (historical)
  • Scots: laidner (obsolete)

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